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The IATC journal/Revue de l'AICT – June/Juin 2025: Issue No 31

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In Memoriam

Introductory Note: Toward Ecologies of Action

Introductory Note: Toward Ecologies of Action

Roberta Levitow, Chantal Bilodeau and Aikaterini Delikonstantinidou

Florida EcoPerformance Manifesto: Producing Climate Forward Live Arts in the State of the Future

Florida EcoPerformance Manifesto: Producing Climate Forward Live Arts in the State of the Future

Elizabeth Doud

Connecting the Dots from the River to the Gulf: Turning River Data Flow into Sound Performance Speaks Volumes for Rio Grande Ecology

Connecting the Dots from the River to the Gulf: Turning River Data Flow into Sound Performance Speaks Volumes for Rio Grande Ecology

Marya Errin Jones

“We come from the place of many tongues”: The Land Memory Bank, Mondo Bizarro and the Mississippi

“We come from the place of many tongues”: The Land Memory Bank, Mondo Bizarro and the Mississippi

Monique Verdin, Nick Slie, Lisa D’Amour

<em>It Is Our Fault</em>: Theatre on the Climate Catastrophe in Egypt

It Is Our Fault: Theatre on the Climate Catastrophe in Egypt

Jillian Campana

The Absurdity of Collapse: Ecosomatics, Memory, and Bioethics in Project <em>Abyssos</em>

The Absurdity of Collapse: Ecosomatics, Memory, and Bioethics in Project Abyssos

Eva Gkadri

Say Yes to Me. Or Penguins, Provocation and Bulging Hope

Say Yes to Me. Or Penguins, Provocation and Bulging Hope

Moira Finucane

Riding the Waves of Change: Sailing with the Flipflopi Project

Riding the Waves of Change: Sailing with the Flipflopi Project

Mick Warwick

Theatre of Hunger: Climate Fasts and Protests in Ladakh

Theatre of Hunger: Climate Fasts and Protests in Ladakh

Nikhil Katara

Culinary Climate Action, Food Justice and the Revolution in Our Gardens

Culinary Climate Action, Food Justice and the Revolution in Our Gardens

DJ Cavem

Say Yes to Me. Or Penguins, Provocation and Bulging Hope

Say Yes to Me. Or Penguins, Provocation and Bulging Hope

Moira Finucane

Connecting the Dots from the River to the Gulf: Turning River Data Flow into Sound Performance Speaks Volumes for Rio Grande Ecology

Connecting the Dots from the River to the Gulf: Turning River Data Flow into Sound Performance Speaks Volumes for Rio Grande Ecology

Marya Errin Jones

Florida EcoPerformance Manifesto: Producing Climate Forward Live Arts in the State of the Future

Florida EcoPerformance Manifesto: Producing Climate Forward Live Arts in the State of the Future

Elizabeth Doud

Riding the Waves of Change: Sailing with the Flipflopi Project

Riding the Waves of Change: Sailing with the Flipflopi Project

Mick Warwick

Essays

Relocation, Dislocation, Recontextualization: Two Recent U.S. Stagings of Adigun/Doyle <em>Playboy</em>

Relocation, Dislocation, Recontextualization: Two Recent U.S. Stagings of Adigun/Doyle Playboy

Bisi Adigun and Meghan Winch

Two Stages, One Vision: Stefan Larsson’s Adaptation of Ibsen’s <em>Little Eyolf</em> in Sweden and Cyprus

Two Stages, One Vision: Stefan Larsson’s Adaptation of Ibsen’s Little Eyolf in Sweden and Cyprus

Maria Hamali and Maria Sehopoulou

Like an Alien Hair in One’s Mouth: Anmar Taha’s Theatrical Performance and the Use of the Body

Like an Alien Hair in One’s Mouth: Anmar Taha’s Theatrical Performance and the Use of the Body

Farah Ali and Majeed Mohammed Midhin

Singing History—Politics of Idiom and Genre in Ted Hearne’s Music(al)-Theatre

Singing History—Politics of Idiom and Genre in Ted Hearne’s Music(al)-Theatre

David Roesner

Le fil mémoriel et la dimension onirique dans les spectacles numériques de Lemieux-Pilon

Le fil mémoriel et la dimension onirique dans les spectacles numériques de Lemieux-Pilon

Filip Dukanic

Community Theatre in Colombia: Origins and Trajectories

Community Theatre in Colombia: Origins and Trajectories

Sarah Ashford Hart and Janneth Aldana

Hybrid Times and Traditional Dance: The Egbenu-Oba Experiment in Nigeria

Hybrid Times and Traditional Dance: The Egbenu-Oba Experiment in Nigeria

Princewill Chukwuma Abakporo, Fidelis Enang Egbe, Abdumalik Adakole Amali, Stanley Timeyin Ohenhen, Ofega Eru

Theatricality of Medicine Hucksters: A “Road Map” Towards Modern Performing Arts and the Preservation of Local Culture

Theatricality of Medicine Hucksters: A “Road Map” Towards Modern Performing Arts and the Preservation of Local Culture

Kurniasih Zaitun. Eko Supriyanto, Yusril

Inter/National Reflections

Uniting Europe in an Age of Fracture
Crafted Figures Make German History: Notes from Berlin
Before and After – War or Peace
A 60-year-old Theatre Festival: Theatertreffen
Stage Worlds of Poetry and Human Passions: Iasi National Theatre Showcase
Embracing the Un/scene of Hope at the NTNG’s 6th International Forest Festival
Under Supervision or Underground: The Spaces of Contemporary Iranian Theatre
Theatrical Manifestations on the Scenic Horizon of Buenos Aires
Intercultural Adaptations of Sophocles’ Antigone: Antigone Mania by Rabijita Gogoi
Wandering to Wuzhen: A Festival of Encounters
Shakespearean Inheritance and Innovation in Chinese Campus Theatre

Uniting Europe in an Age of Fracture

Uniting Europe in an Age of Fracture

Crafted Figures Make German History: Notes from Berlin

Crafted Figures Make German History: Notes from Berlin

Before and After – War or Peace

Before and After – War or Peace

A 60-year-old Theatre Festival: Theatertreffen

A 60-year-old Theatre Festival: Theatertreffen

Stage Worlds of Poetry and Human Passions: Iasi National Theatre Showcase

Stage Worlds of Poetry and Human Passions: Iasi National Theatre Showcase

Embracing the Un/scene of Hope at the NTNG’s 6th International Forest Festival

Embracing the Un/scene of Hope at the NTNG’s 6th International Forest Festival

Under Supervision or Underground: The Spaces of Contemporary Iranian Theatre

Under Supervision or Underground: The Spaces of Contemporary Iranian Theatre

Theatrical Manifestations on the Scenic Horizon of Buenos Aires

Theatrical Manifestations on the Scenic Horizon of Buenos Aires

Intercultural Adaptations of Sophocles’ Antigone: Antigone Mania by Rabijita Gogoi

Intercultural Adaptations of Sophocles’ Antigone: Antigone Mania by Rabijita Gogoi

Wandering to Wuzhen: A Festival of Encounters

Wandering to Wuzhen: A Festival of Encounters

Shakespearean Inheritance and Innovation in Chinese Campus Theatre

Shakespearean Inheritance and Innovation in Chinese Campus Theatre

Interviews

Staging the Precarious, the Vulnerable, and the Stranger: The Stage of Filipino Director José Estrella

Staging the Precarious, the Vulnerable, and the Stranger: The Stage of Filipino Director José Estrella

Sir Anril P. Tiatco, Jem R. Javier, José Estrella

The Path of Sadhana: A Life Spent in Search of the Ancient Wisdom of Acting. Interview with Gopal Venu

The Path of Sadhana: A Life Spent in Search of the Ancient Wisdom of Acting. Interview with Gopal Venu

Renu Ramanath

“Wuzhen is a window for China to see the world through theatre, and for the world to see China through theatre”: Interview with Stan Lai

“Wuzhen is a window for China to see the world through theatre, and for the world to see China through theatre”: Interview with Stan Lai

Peng Tao, Zhu Ning, and Savas Patsalidis

<em>Burn the Colony</em>: Crafting a Play About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Deaths in Custody

Burn the Colony: Crafting a Play About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Deaths in Custody

Nazaree Dickerson and Sarah Woodland

Performance Reviews

The Challenges of a Multilingual Showcase

The Challenges of a Multilingual Showcase

Savas Patsalidis

Before the Gate, a Rain of Light

Before the Gate, a Rain of Light

Octavian Szalad

Building Theatre Bridges in Southeast Europe

Building Theatre Bridges in Southeast Europe

Yun-Cheol Kim

Finnish <em>Animal Farm</em> Caged and Chained

Finnish Animal Farm Caged and Chained

Pirkko Koski

<em>Frida</em> : oui, mais était-ce bien nécessaire ?

Frida : oui, mais était-ce bien nécessaire ?

Selim Lander

Slovak Directors Avoid Intrusion

Slovak Directors Avoid Intrusion

Matti Linnavuori

<em>VOICES</em>: Performing Intersections of War, Memory and Migration

VOICES: Performing Intersections of War, Memory and Migration

Yana Meerzon, Alexey Munipov, Natalia Skorokhod

The Sight of Music

The Sight of Music

Sylvia Solakidi

Pot of Chaos: Young Critics Discussing <em>Juggle and Hide</em>

Pot of Chaos: Young Critics Discussing Juggle and Hide

Young Critics

The Choreography of Encounter

The Choreography of Encounter

Yaşam Özlem Gülseven

The Start of a Movement: Disruption, Reflection and the Art of Invitation in <em>Choreographic Intrusion</em> and <em>Juggle and Hide</em>

The Start of a Movement: Disruption, Reflection and the Art of Invitation in Choreographic Intrusion and Juggle and Hide

Natalie Rine

New Voices of Hanoi: Puppets, Shadows and Urban Change in ToLo Puppet Theatre’s <em>Thổ địa</em>

New Voices of Hanoi: Puppets, Shadows and Urban Change in ToLo Puppet Theatre’s Thổ địa

Qiao Zhangweijing

Book Reviews

Du luxe et de l’Impuissance (The Rich and the Powerless) / Il ne m’est jamais rien arrivé (It Never Arrived) Un projet de Vincent Dedienne

Du luxe et de l’Impuissance (The Rich and the Powerless) / Il ne m’est jamais rien arrivé (It Never Arrived) Un projet de Vincent Dedienne

Theatre and its Audiences: Reimagining the Relationship in Times of Crisis

Theatre and its Audiences: Reimagining the Relationship in Times of Crisis

Jean-Marie Serreau – Fragments et extraits réunis et présentés

Jean-Marie Serreau – Fragments et extraits réunis et présentés

Quels rôles pour le spectateur à l’ère numérique?

Quels rôles pour le spectateur à l’ère numérique?

The Paris Manuscript: The Early Draft Rediscovered

The Paris Manuscript: The Early Draft Rediscovered

In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Athol Fugard (1932-2025)

In Memoriam: Athol Fugard (1932-2025)

In Memoriam: Athol Fugard (1932-2025)

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